Biography

Jay Clifford Proctor IV (born December 4, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher and infielder for the Sacramento River Cats, in the San Francisco Giants organization. He played college baseball at Rice University, and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the Giants. Amateur career Proctor attended Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School in Beaumont, Texas. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 40th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. He played college baseball at Rice University. In 2016 for Rice he batted .336(9th in Conference USA)/.428/.471 in 223 at bats with 3 triples (6th) and 34 walks (7th), while nearly exclusively playing shortstop in the field. In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2017 with Rice he batted .311/.409/.450 in 238 at bats with 58 runs (6th in the conference), 19 doubles (9th), and 39 walks (5th), while grounding into 8 double plays (6th), and playing shortstop. In 2018 with Rice he batted .346(7th in the conference)/.431(10th)/.515 in 237 at bats with 37 walks (7th) and 5 sacrifice flies (5th), and playing shortstop. Proctor was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft.

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Recent Matches (Sacramento River Cats)